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Mount Pleasant Community High School

Public secondary school in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, ??United States

Field	Value
name	Mount Pleasant Community High School
address	2104 S Grand Ave
city	Mount Pleasant
state	Iowa 52641
country	USA
coordinates
district	Mount Pleasant Community School District
type	Public High School
superintendent	John Henriksen
grades	9–12
enrollment	521 (2023–2024)
ratio	12.26
staff	42.51 (FTE)
principal	Michael Wilson
colors	Maroon & Gold
nickname	Panthers
rival	Fairfield Trojans
newspaper	Maroon Echoes
athletics_conference	Southeast Conference (3A)
website	Mount Pleasant Community School District

Mount Pleasant Community High School is a public high school (grades 9–12) located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. MPCHS is one of two high schools in the Mount Pleasant Community School District.

Communities within the district, of which this is the sole comprehensive high school, include Mount Pleasant, Rome, Salem, and Westwood, as well as the census-designated place of Trenton.

Annual enrollments are generally between 575 and 600 students for all four grade levels. The school offers regular and enriched academic education which includes advanced placement classes, special education classes, vocational education, and specialized instruction for at-risk students as well as those with limited English-speaking capabilities.

Athletics

The high school is part of the 3A Southeast Conference and participates in 18 varsity athletics, including track and field, cross country, basketball, football, wrestling, volleyball, soccer, tennis, golf, and bowling (added in 2010).

State championships

MPCHS holds eight state championships, three in boys basketball (1917, 1918, 2012), one in boys outdoor track & field (2000), girls cross country (2002) and three in girls track & field (2004, 2005, 2006). The football team was also voted state champions (for all classes) in 1963 (before there was a playoff system) as they were undefeated and unscored on.

Activities

The school's music program allows students to participate in choir, show choir, concert band, marching band, and jazz band. The Mount Pleasant Panther Marching Band, since 1986 has accumulated an impressive streak of consecutive Division I ratings at the annual State Marching Band Festival. The band hosts their own marching band invitational, usually held on the third Saturday evening in September.

The Mount Pleasant Community High School currently has two jazz bands. The Mount Pleasant Jazz 1 has qualified numerous times for the State Jazz Championships over the years. Jazz 2 is composed mainly of underclassmen.

The Mount Pleasant InMotion show choir is an ensemble directed by Makenzie Kauffman-Ho, a 2010 alum of Mount Pleasant. The school hosts their own show choir invitational, Music in Motion, annually in early February.

Notable alumni

Dana Holgorsen, interim offensive coordinator for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, former head football coach for the West Virginia Mountaineers and Houston Cougars
Henry Krieger-Coble, former collegiate football player for the Iowa Hawkeyes and NFL tight end
James Van Allen, physicist that discovered the Van Allen Radiation Belts
Leonard Wester, former NFL player

References

"Mount Pleasant High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
"Mount Pleasant Iowa Department of Education School District Boundary Verification 2022 - 2023". [[Iowa Department of Education]].
"2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Henry County, IA". [[U.S. Census Bureau]].
(2020-01-29). "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball". [[Iowa High School Athletic Association]].
(2019-12-16). "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book". [[Iowa High School Athletic Association]].
(2019-05-13). "2019 IGHSAU Track & Field Record Book". [[Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union]].
Rose, Jim. "The perfect season".

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